Do all NFL teams have cheerleaders?

Answer 1

In the 21st Century, youngsters growing up watching the Chicago Bears, as I and thousands of other youths did, will remember many high-tech features of the game-day experience at Soldier Field. Pregame pyrotechnics, the giant Bear head in the North endzone, the new Shake the Lake song, and impressive video presentations on the scoreboards. For this fan who watched the Bears at the aging old Soldier Field, there were just two forms of entertainment to remember: the Honey Bears cheerleaders and Rocky, the "mascot in the crowd."Just prior to Super Bowl 20 in New Orleans, founder/manager/choreographer Cathy Core was informed by Bears management that her group's contract would not be renewed to take the field for their 10th year at Soldier Field. The actual background thinking for this choice has not been revealed publicly, but the semi-official reason given by the Bears organization is that they felt cheerleaders were not an acceptable part of the gameday experience for an NFL team.This is truly a shame, as the Honey Bears remain an enduring memory of Chicago Bears games in a simpler time for this lifelong fan.I interviewed Core for my book Chicago Bears History in 2004, and I am thankful for the time she spent talking to me. According to Core, George Halas himself decided that he wanted his team to have cheerleaders, or "dancing girls" as he called them in his own words. Halas put General Manager Jim Finks in charge of making just that happen, sometime in 1976.Core had recently moved to the Chicago area from New Jersey, and had actually never driven into the city as of this time. Core's Cheerleading experience at that time consisted of having taught Junior High girls. Someone in Core's church, however, knew Finks, and recommended Core to him as a person that may possibly assemble a new cheerleading unit. When Finks first called Core and identified himself as General Manager of the Bears, Core thought it was a friend playing a joke on her, and she eventually hung up. Finks then had the mutual acquaintence call Core and validate his story, and when Finks called back, Core sheepishly apologized. Before she knew it, she was meeting with Halas in the Bears' downtown offices, talking about the group that would be known as the Honey Bears.Before Core left the office that day, Halas told her "as long as I'm alive, we will have dancing girls on the sidelines."Core began traveling to places such as Dallas and Denver to interview those clubs about the process of putting together a cheerleading unit, then interviewed hundreds of women before narrowing down the applicants to the first group of 20.The Honey Bears danced on the sidelines, as well as made appearances around the city, from 1977 to 1985. Halas made good on his word that the cheerleaders would always be a part of the team as long as he was alive. He passed in October of 1983. The following season the team attempted to end the relationship, but had a binding contract with the group through the end of the '85 season. Following their appearance at the Super Bowl in New Orleans, the group became a memory. Word has it that as long as the McCaskey family owns the team, that's where the Honey Bears will remain, a memory.Core remains ready to resurrect them at any time.

Answer 2

AnswerNFL teams that have cheerleaders or dance teams:

Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins,New York Jets.

NFL teams that don't have cheerleaders or dance teams:

Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers.

Answer 3

The Green Bay Packers do not employ a professional cheerleader squad but use local college cheerleaders from both the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and St. Norbert College. From 1950 to 1987 the Packers did have professional cheerleaders.

Answer 4

6 - Bears, Packers, loins, Steelers, Browns and Gaints

(the Jets Have had Cheerleaders since 2006)

Answer 5

Cause the nfl is about football not cheerleaders

Answer 6

The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers